These difficult conversations between physician and family members — today not covered by Medicare — played a significant role in an inewsource investigation published in September that explored a hidden world where thousands of Californians are kept alive by artificial means. Read More »

He smiles back at a reporter as she smiles and mouths the word “hello.” It’s an expression that belies both his official mental status — he’s believed to be non-responsive — and his circumstance. Read More »

By Joanne Faryon/inewsource They call him Garage for short. His full name is Sixty-Six Garage — after the place the van he was traveling in was taken after it crashed near the Mexican border about 100 miles east of San Diego in June 1999. Or so the story goes. No one knows for sure, but it’s the lore ... Read More »

What things in your life make it worth living? That's what researchers at Harvard's School of Public Health want doctors to begin asking their patients. They're developing a guide to help them with end of life conversations. Read More »

Another woman, this time from Northern California, believes a John Doe who has been on life support for more than 14 years at the Villa Coronado Skilled Nursing Facility may be her missing brother. She is the second person in the past three months to come forward, believing he is a lost relative, and the seventh to make such a ... Read More »